A company that someday hopes to build the first space elevator says it is testing a system that could take it to a lower-altitude goal along the way: balloon-based wireless data services. Subscribe to ...

FROM the 2050s, it is largely hoped that humans will travel to space, in a similar way to how they travel abroad. It won’t be cheap, but you’ll understand why when you see the kind of style these high ...

The Taiwan Tower may look like a concept right now, but it won't for long. This is one concept that, just as it was being drawn up and planned, had already been given the green light to be built into ...

The 22,000-mile elevator by Obayashi Corporation is a ₹8.44 lakh crore project, expected to offer ticketed rides to space by 2050. Individual ticket prices are not yet disclosed. Radian One’s six-hour ...

A private group has taken one small step toward the prospect of building a futuristic space elevator. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive ...

One of the wackiest proposals engineers have tabled is the 22,000mile-long elevator. See how that would work in the video below. FROM the 2050s, it is largely hoped that humans will travel to space, ...